Odoom bringt die Problematik präzise auf den Punkt:
He was 92 days old when he went under the knife. Today he accuses Mette Frederiksen of legitimizing abuse of boys
Mikkel Senna Odoom was circumcised as an infant without consent. Now he is directing a scathing criticism at the Social Democrats, who, according to him, are failing Danish boys and using history as a shield to maintain power.
"My foreskin is gone forever. But I will have the physical and psychological scars for life." The children in the debate about circumcision cannot be heard. They cannot speak in words. The children can only contribute. I am one of the children in this debate. It took me a full 45 years to find the courage, to oppose and to speak out. I could not speak out on that day in 1975, when at 92 days old I was subjected to a failure of society and an abuse by my parents - I was circumcised. When only a few circumcised men come forward in the debate, I believe it is because it feels both embarrassing and shameful to be subjected to the abuse that circumcision is.
Ich kann mir gut vorstellen, dass es für einen Mann nicht leicht ist damit an die Öffentlichkeit zu gehen.
QuoteRecognizing that as an infant you were subjected to an indisputable abuse by your parents is painful to think about. It is embarrassing to share with others. Because in your self-image you are a strong man. Not a victim.
QuoteIf you, as a circumcised man, cannot acknowledge that an injustice has been committed against you as a child, what do you do the day you become the father of a boy? Do you acknowledge that you have been subjected to an abuse and proclaim yourself a victim, thereby questioning your own masculinity, or do you uncritically continue the family tradition of circumcising your son's genitals to confirm that there is nothing wrong with you as a man?
Genau. Es handelt sich um einen Täter-Opfer-Kreislauf. Aus dem es schwer ist auszubrechen.